NEW YORK, April 21, 2008 – Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs is the winner of the NBA Sixth Man Award presented by Kia Motors as the league’s best player in a reserve role for the 2007-08 season, the NBA announced today.

Ginobili received 615 out of a possible 620 points, including 123 of a possible 124 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns finished second with 283 points and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks finished third with 44 points.

Manu's very deserving, and I like bringing him off the bench and giving us that extra lift in the middle of the 1st Quarter. It's kind of funny, I've heard Manu the Sixth Man of the Year be thrown around as an MVP candidate.

Manu's very deserving, and I like bringing him off the bench and giving us that extra lift in the middle of the 1st Quarter. It's kind of funny, I've heard Manu the Sixth Man of the Year be thrown around as an MVP candidate.